Senior Correspondent Arnold Woodworth's Weekly Web Wrap-up for September 20th 2015

Bottom line: Yes, you should upgrade to iOS 9

 

It's faster and more secure, it'll use less power, and it doesn't need as much space as iOS 8 did. Just get it!

 

http://www.macworld.com/article/2984347/ios/bottom-line-yes-you-should-upgrade-to-ios-9.html

 

 

 

How to upgrade to iOS 9 (and, if you need to, reinstall iOS 8)

 

You might want to wait a while before updating to iOS 9.

 

If you’re very concerned about your apps not working or your device not performing up to par, don’t upgrade to iOS 9 immediately. You’d be better off waiting for Apple to release the first major update to iOS 9,

 

http://www.macworld.com/article/2984436/operating-systems/how-to-upgrade-to-ios-9-and-if-you-need-to-reinstall-ios-8.html

 

 

 

3D Touch is a hard problem that Apple got just right
Before the iPhone 6s launched, no one was sure how Force Touch on it would work. Now we know—it works just great.

 

http://www.macworld.com/browse/?start=45

 

 

 

Neat Video:

iOS 9: Five small features that will change your life

 

http://www.macworld.com/article/2950474/ios/ios-9-five-small-features-that-will-change-your-life.html

 

 

 

El Capitan FAQ: Everything you need to know about OS X 10.11

 

El Capitan will be available on September 30.

 

http://www.macworld.com/article/2981740/operating-systems/el-capitan-faq-everything-you-need-to-know-about-os-x-10-11.html

 

 

 

Stephen Colbert interviews Tim Cook

Good video

 

http://www.macworld.com/article/2984226/apple-phone/tim-cook-shows-stephen-colbert-a-more-people-friendly-side-of-apple.html

 

 

 

Apple iOS 9 Has 25 Great Secret Features

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/09/19/apple-ios-9-secrets/

 

 

 

Apple releases iTunes 12.3 update

 

http://www.macworld.com/article/2984464/streaming-media/apple-releases-itunes-12-3-update.html

 

 

 

Hackers Sneak Malware Into Apple App Store 'To Steal iCloud Passwords’

 

malware has found a way around Apple’s strict App Store protections. It’s been proven before and it’ll be proven again: even the most locked-down environments can be breached.

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/09/18/xcodeghost-malware-wants-your-icloud/

 

 

 

IBM Introduces First Computer Hard Disk, September 13, 1956

 

Weighing in at more than a ton and storing 5MB of data, the IBM 305 RAMAC was the first super computer with a hard disk drive (HDD).

 

IBM leased the RAMAC 305 computer with the Model 350 hard disk for $3,200 per month – a pretty penny in the 1950s.

 

AW comments:

The hard disk in my iMac stores One Tera-Byte (1TB) of data.

That’s roughly equal to 200,000 of those 5MB hard disks (Model 305) that IBM was building in the year 1956.

Accounting for inflation, the $3,200 monthly lease would cost $28,000 today, according to the BLS inflation calculator.

 

http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4396192/IBM-intros-1st-computer-disk-storage-unit--September-13--1956-2

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=3&v=CVIKk7mBELI

 

http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm